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Press Release: Contact: Rev. Cynthia Owen Jarrold
September 14, 2023 Gamaliel Sr. Advisor for Funding Strategies and External Affairs
[email protected] /(913) 219-3198
Gamaliel’s Response to DACA Ruling
Chicago, IL – Yesterday, Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Federal District Court in Houston ruled that DACA was illegal. DACA—Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals—an executive order issued in 2012 by President Obama, has provided nearly 600,000 young people with protection against immediate deportation, as well as work authorization.
“DACA has changed the lives of so many of our young immigrants by providing them with access to living wage jobs and education and removing the constant and paralyzing threat of deportation. Many of these young people served on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, in some cases risking their lives for the sake of their communities. Yesterday’s decision by Judge Hanen reveals dark political motivations and is deeply rooted in structural racism,” said Pablo Tapia, chair of Gamaliel’s Civil Rights of Immigrants Campaign.
While the Hanen ruling called DACA “illegal,” the judge did not require that the program be ended. Those young people currently in the program will be able to keep and renew their DACA status.
“In spite of this setback, we will continue to fight to protect and expand DACA,” said Tapia.“We call on Congress to make the moral choice to pass legislation that would make DACA a permanent feature of the U.S. Immigration System.”.
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